I suspect that title will draw a lot of attention and no little controversy, so before I get too far into deep you know what, let me make some points clear. Though any thinking, educated and intellectually honest person will be quick to acknowledge that Obama is indeed an evil and dangerous person, no one can make an honest claim that he is the Anti-Christ portrayed in biblical Scripture. I do not believe there is the slightest reason to believe that he is or could be. So, I will state, no, he is not the Anti-Christ. During the presidential campaign there were some who questioned whether or not he might fit the criteria matching the descriptions given in Scripture.
I can understand the fear and concern which led to these suspicions. Throughout the centuries from the time of the early church until now, people have often looked at prominent and especially, controversial and powerful men in power and asked the question, “could he be the Anti-Christ?” Of course none of those have turned out to be the Anti-Christ. Because none of the predictions of an individual filling that role have come to be, including any labeling Obama, does not reduce the truth that the Anti-Christ will indeed make his appearance. We just have to say, “not yet”. I wrote the following during that debate, as the result of some discussions on the subject between some friends and I, playing more the role of “devil’s advocate” rather than actually trying to make the case of my belief at the time. So read this through the perspective of the time frame of the original writing. Read it if for no other reason than to sharpen your skills at reading biblical prophesy in the proper context within the Scriptures.
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If you were challenged to do so, do you think you could make a case for Obama being the Anti-Christ? I know that’s a tough one for over the centuries that charge has been made against many men and all have proved to be incorrect. Thus there is a hesitancy to make it one more time for fear of the same failure. Additionally, there is a lack of universal understanding just who or what, the type of individual or entity the Anti-Christ will be.
Some of you know that I have taken a position that though it may be a man, it does not have to be a man, but another entity. I think I should clarify that for I think it has led to some misunderstanding of my meaning. Obviously there will be a human presence which will be the voice, the face, and the hands of the Anti-Christ. No entity can stand without its human representatives. We look back to WWII and Nazism. Nazism was an entity but Hitler was the man. Hitler was not Nazism, nor was Nazism Hitler. Hitler was the embodiment of the entity which was Nazism. Hitler as one man lacking the “power” of his movement would have been powerless to do anything. Nazism could have existed and ended up being the same evil had someone else besides Hitler come up with the idea. Nazism had a life of its own related to, but separate from Hitler. We say a policeman has authority, but he is by himself only a man with a badge and a gun. It is the force behind him which is the power. He is the representative and the spokesman for that power acting with the authority of that power.
It is in that same light that I have stated that I believe (I have not made a dogmatic statement that it is absolutely the fact, but rather my belief based on what I understand of the facts and clues given to us) that the Anti-Christ may not be a solitary man but rather a movement or an entity bigger than one single man. That movement could be a government, a religion, or whatever.
There will no doubt be a leader or a human representative. We don’t know who that is. We just know that he will have something behind him which is powerful enough to force itself on the world. It will have structure and it will have military and police force and the force of the law of the land when it comes into power. But like all entities it has to have human hands at the wheel to make it go and give it direction. We use the biblical reference concerning his number (Rev. 13:18) that there is a number, and it is the number of a man.
Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six. (Rev 13:18ASV)
Thus we might conclude that the Anti-Christ will be a man. I’m not going to dispute that but neither am I going to draw any direct conclusions from it. At the same time, we see that it/he is described by the term as well as description of “beast.” That would be a non-human entity. There are other curiosities which make it more difficult to determine just what or who the embodiment of the Anti-Christ will be. After all, a few verses back describes him as a beast with ten horns and seven heads. He resembled a leopard but had other body parts resembling other animals. He also had a wound to one of his heads.
Let’s have just have a small peek at the adoration and overwhelming, in spite of all common sense which shouts that he is so unqualified that it is unbelievable that he could even be a known name, let alone almost a shoe in for the presidency. Look at his background and his faults. Look at his associations and his avowed anti-American stance on just about every issue. And yet in spite of all of this, he is hailed as the savior of mankind. The only man in the world who can really solve the world’s problems. Is it by accident that words such as “messiah” slip out and not only from the radical fringe? Who was the national media reporter who had commented that when he heard Obama speak, goose bumps ran up his leg? I can’t recall the name but it’s a major media name which you would recognize. Look at the Oprah affect. Look at the Hollywood affect. And now the latest tidbit I just read this morning, the following,
Meanwhile, a couple of television networks have decided to give a boost to Obama’s campaign by providing an extraordinary discount for the airing of a primetime infomercial.
According to Obama campaign sources, the first 30 minutes of the primo primetime CBS and NBC hours has been purchased for the ad.
The Democratic candidate’s TV spot is scheduled to air on Oct. 29, a mere six days before the election.
The date was no arbitrary pick either. Oct. 29 (aka “Black Tuesday”) is the infamous date of the 1929 stock market crash.
The amount of money the two networks are reportedly charging for the otherwise lucrative airtime is less than $1 million.
Here’s the lowdown: The Obama campaign is being charged the lowest possible rate the networks can offer without violating the law. It’s called the “lowest unit cost.”
Do you suppose CBS and NBC are going to extend the same offer to the McCain campaign?
And then this.
An advertisement from the National Right to Life (NRL) political action committee was denied an airing on the ABC Radio Network.
The ad dealt with Obama’s voting record on abortion and life.
Highlighted in the ad are some of the misrepresentations that Obama has uttered about his voting record when he served in the Illinois Legislature.
He voted against bills that would have obliged doctors to give medical care to sustain the lives of babies who survived botched abortions. He claims that he didn’t support the state bill but would have supported the federal version.
The NRL ad exposes the fact that the state bill, which Obama voted against, was virtually identical to the federal act that he claims he would have supported. FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.com have verified this fact.
NRL had intended to air the ad during Sean Hannity’s radio show. However, NRL received an e-mail from the ABC Radio Network in which the network refused to air the ad claiming that the content was objectionable because although it supported “aspects of a Pro-Life position,” it weighed “more heavily toward electioneering.”
Under the law, the NRL political action committee is allowed to engage in electioneering.
You know, the list could go on and on. But let’s add some other curious clues.
What has been the response to Obama throughout the rest of the world? In Germany and other European countries he has been hailed as the greatest thing since sliced bread. He has literally been worshiped there. Look at the reception he has gotten from the Muslim world. They are giddy at the prospects of him becoming the president of the US. Shouldn’t all of that foreign influence on our (OUR’s not theirs) leadership choice be a little concerning? Look at the claims, (most likely true) that he has been receiving contribution funds from many foreign sources.
Let’s add some more. He may deny it all he wants but he has Muslim ties. We don’t know the full extent of these ties nor the influence that Islam has in his thinking but we can guess.
So if we look at the present state of world history, shucks, just look at the unprecedented economic conditions right now, the timing of those conditions (which you and I have discussed before), the political and military unrest in the world and the moral state of civilized society as a whole, the “Great Falling Away” which any Bible aware Christian can see and the clues are there. On the other side of that last coin, the work of the Holy Spirit which is going on throughout the world totally unheralded by the media which is growing the Church in record numbers in places where we would not expect the Church to be viable, is in line with biblical prophesy. While the established religion of Christianity seems to be going the way of the World, God’s remnant of believers is growing and bringing in who will be brought in before the end.
Let me touch on that deadly wound subject.
One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth followed the beast with wonder. Men worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” (Rev 13:3-4 RSV)
How literal do we want to understand that statement? Before you accuse me of questioning the literality of Scripture, remember, books such as Revelations use metaphor, allegory and numerous other literary objects to speak its message. Remember, we’re believing the Anti-Christ is a man but do we believe that he has ten horns and seven heads. Does that look like any man we’ve ever seen?
Go back to my statements concerning the unnatural survival and overwhelming “recovery” of Obama. In the course of common sense and under normal conditions, he shouldn’t have a chance of being where he is today. In spite of the deadly wounds of his lack of any experience, his damaging associations and his agenda which is opposed in total to anything resembling the America of the Constitution, he not only survives in this race, he is thriving and overwhelming the odds. His candidacy should by all rights be “dead in the water” and yet it lives and thrives. No amount of attempted wounding of his candidacy seems to hit home. It all slips off of him like a dull sword on heavy armor.
Finally, I’m not trying to make a direct statement of fact but it is certainly something to think about as this mystery man is set to step into the position of the role of most powerful man on earth. I want to be absolutely clear that I am not charging Obama with being the Anti-Christ. Many are doing that, but I am not. I am asking questions which may conclude that he just might be. That is all. The Bible tells us that we cannot know the day nor the hour of the Son’s return. It is absolute on that. It does, however, give us clues with the admonition that we are to “figure it out.” So far, we have been unable to figure out the identity but we are instructed to do so. I strongly believe that as we are provided more and more clues with changes in the seasons, we have better information which should allow us to properly identify this evil which is coming on the earth and I believe in our own lifetime.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Rev 13:18 NKJV)
Once we can know the meaning of the number 666, we will know the answer, I believe.
Dan W. Dooley
